How to edit qty field in BOMs ?

[Anonymous]

I've been meaning to air this one for a while, but not got around to it.

In a partslist, where you call up items like hose, glue wire etc, you want
the qty field to either include units (2 metres, inches etc) or a/r (as
required) for things like glue or grease.

What do other folk do about this?

tia,
John

[Anonymous]

How are you adding things like glue etc. If in the parts list I select Add row I am able
to enter what ever I want in the Qty field. And then just use the custom option on
placing balloons if you need them.

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"John Ricketts" wrote in message
news:D54E5AE31840A7F2F8BD8308BEEB3636@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> I've been meaning to air this one for a while, but not got around to it.
>
> In a partslist, where you call up items like hose, glue wire etc, you want
> the qty field to either include units (2 metres, inches etc) or a/r (as
> required) for things like glue or grease.
>
> What do other folk do about this?
>
> tia,
> John
>
>

[Anonymous]

Thanks. Yes, that works, but I would rather have dummy parts though, that
you can drop into an assembly for such items. That way, you can just scroll
through the library, find the right glue/grease and drop it in (with it
appearing A/R in the qty field). For cables and hoses I drop in a short
length, then make the parts list entry invisible and drop in a custom with
the length entry but it seems a bit kludgy somehow.



Kent Keller wrote in message ...
>How are you adding things like glue etc. If in the parts list I select Add
row I am able
>to enter what ever I want in the Qty field. And then just use the custom
option on
>placing balloons if you need them.
>
>--
>Kent
>Assistant Moderator
>Autodesk Discussion Forum Moderator Program
>
>
>"John Ricketts" wrote in message
>news:D54E5AE31840A7F2F8BD8308BEEB3636@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
>> I've been meaning to air this one for a while, but not got around to it.
>>
>> In a partslist, where you call up items like hose, glue wire etc, you
want
>> the qty field to either include units (2 metres, inches etc) or a/r (as
>> required) for things like glue or grease.
>>
>> What do other folk do about this?
>>
>> tia,
>> John
>>
>>
>
>